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Peering Behind the Curtain: Disability, Illness, and the Extraordinary Body in Contemporary Theatre

Peering Behind the Curtain: Disability, Illness, and the Extraordinary Body in Contemporary Theatre - Studies in Modern Drama

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Publisher's Synopsis

This volume addresses disability in theater, and features all new work, including critical essays, interviews, personal essays, and an original play. It fills a gap in scholarship while promoting the profile of disability in theater. Peering Behind the Curtain examines the issues surrounding disability in many well-known plays, including Children of a Lesser God , The Elephant Man , 'night Mother , and Wit , as well as an original play by James McDonald.

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Routledge is the world's leading academic publisher in the Humanities and Social Sciences. We publish thousands of books and journals each year, serving scholars, instructors, and professional communities worldwide. Our current publishing programme encompasses groundbreaking textbooks and premier, peer-reviewed research in the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Built Environment. We have partnered with many of the most influential societies and academic bodies to publish their journals and book series. Readers can access tens of thousands of print and e-books from our extensive catalogue of titles. Routledge is a member of Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business.

Book information

ISBN: 9781138994843
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 822.9109352
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 194
Weight: 453g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 10mm

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